Sealed Air Awarded Contract with Premier, Inc., Named Sole Supplier for ASCEND Collaborative
Sealed Air’s Diversey Care division announces it has been awarded a three-year group purchasing contract for housekeeping products with Premier, Inc. and earned the sole source supplier position on Premier’s ASCEND® collaborative. Premier is a leading healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of approximately 3,400 acute-care hospitals and 110,000 other healthcare facilities.
These awards offer Premier members access to Diversey Care’s industry-leading portfolio of building care cleaners, disinfectants, tools and floor-care technology at specially-negotiated pricing and terms.
“We’re honored to have been awarded the Premier contract, and thrilled to have been selected as the sole source supplier for Premier’s ASCEND collaborative, a position that we have held since the inception of the collaborative,” says Carolyn Cooke, vice president of healthcare North America for Diversey Care. “Our products, value-added services, and industry-leading dilution control systems have been an excellent value to Premier members for many years, and we look forward to helping them continue to create and maintain safe and more satisfying environments of care.”
“We strive to help healthcare organizations provide optimal patient care without compromising operational efficiency,” adds Cooke. “We help members reduce the spread of infection, lower costs and create a safer environment for patients, visitors and staff with turnkey programs that incorporate products, best practices and customized training tools, making execution seamless.”
Diversey Care is a division of Sealed Air Corp., a leader in food safety and security, facility hygiene and product protection.
Source: Sealed Air Corp.
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